256 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXI. 



No. XVI.— A NEW BAR-WING FROM BURMA. 



In the Bulletin of the Brit. Ornith. Club Vol. XXVII, p. 9., Major 

 H. H Harington described a new Bar-wing from Burma as follows : — 



Actinodwa raddiffei. sp. n. 



Adult male. — Differs from A. ramsayi (Walden) in having the forepart 

 of the head and crest darker ferruginous, the general colour of the upper 

 parts ochraceous, instead of cinereous olive-brown, and the throat, breast 

 and sides of the body rich ochraceous ; the abdomen conspicuously white, 

 and the feathers of the throat have rather conspicuous blackish shaft- 

 streaks. Iris brown; bill dark brown; legs pale brown. 



Total length about 9*7 inches; culmen 0'8 ; wing 3"6; tail 5 ; tarsus 1'2. 



Habitat — Ruby Mines District, Upper Burma. 



7>/>e.— J Ruby Mines District, 24-3-1910.— -Obtained by Major H. Delm6 

 Radcliffe. Presented to the British Museum (Natural History). 



No. XVII.— CURIOUS BERAVIOUR OF A MYNA. 



While in camp in a mango bough last cold weather, I noticed my tame 

 Myna going through most curious antics. He first bent his tail down 

 almost perpendicular to the ground, and then putting his head between 

 his legs rubbed his beak up and down the tail feathers, so vigorously that 

 he fell nearly head overheels several times. On looking more closely, I 

 saw that he was picking up one by one the large red ants which live on 

 mango, and killing them by rubbing them against the sbiii tail feathers in 

 the way I have described. He killed or maimed a dozen or more in this 

 way while I was watching him. He did not attempt to eat them. 



F. B. SCOTT, Lieut. 



MtJSSOOKiB, 19f/i June 191 1. 



No. XVIII.— NOTES ON BIRDS ROUND RAWAL PINDI. 



Cross between Molpastes leucogenys and M. intennedius. 



On June 22nd I found a bulbul's nest in a bush, and seeing that the 

 sitting bird had red undertail coverts, I put it down as M. intermedins. 

 But when she left the nest she was at once joined by a M. leucogenys. 

 Nest day I assured myself that this was the pair and secured both birds, 

 to find that the hen was not M. intennedius. On comparison with other 

 specimens, it is clear that the hen herself must be a hybrid — roughly de- 

 scribed it is of the size and appearance of leucogenys, but the ear coverts 

 are light brown, and the undertail coverts red tinged with yellow. The 

 eggs, 3 in number, Avere partly incubated and small, measuring 2-10 x 1*70, 

 2*26xl'75 and 2'10xl"65, cmm. respectively. The nest was made of 

 coarse dry grass, etc., and lined with finer grass, being rather more sub- 

 stantial than most nests of leucogenys. 



